Does NE46 flood?

Yes — parts of the NE46 district carry real flood risk: 35 of its 132 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NE46 postcode district covers Humshaugh, South Tynedale, close to Acomb Garden House, Hexham, Acomb Millersfield, and surrounding villages in Northumberland.

132 postcodes in the NE46 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 35 high, 12 medium, 63 low, 22 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which NE46 postcodes are at risk?

NE46 1YA up to High NE46 2LG up to High NE46 2PT up to High NE46 2PU up to High NE46 2PX up to High NE46 3NL up to High NE46 3QD up to High NE46 3QR up to High NE46 3RU up to High NE46 3SA up to High NE46 3SB up to High NE46 3SD up to High NE46 3SG up to High NE46 4AT up to High NE46 4EW up to High NE46 4HL up to High NE46 4LR up to High NE46 4PB up to High NE46 4QE up to High NE46 4QP up to High NE46 4QT up to High NE46 4RA up to High NE46 4RB up to High NE46 4RD up to High NE46 4RE up to High NE46 4RF up to High NE46 4RZ up to High NE46 4SH up to High NE46 4SJ up to High NE46 4SP up to High NE46 4SQ up to High NE46 4SS up to High NE46 4ST up to High NE46 4SX up to High NE46 4TW up to High NE46 1SE up to Medium NE46 4DP up to Medium NE46 4ET up to Medium NE46 4JS up to Medium NE46 4NU up to Medium NE46 4QD up to Medium NE46 4QL up to Medium NE46 4QN up to Medium NE46 4QS up to Medium NE46 4QU up to Medium NE46 4QX up to Medium NE46 4QZ up to Medium NE46 1AJ up to Low NE46 1ET up to Low NE46 1EU up to Low NE46 1EX up to Low NE46 1EZ up to Low NE46 1XL up to Low NE46 1XP up to Low NE46 1XS up to Low NE46 1XT up to Low NE46 1XW up to Low NE46 2LJ up to Low NE46 3BS up to Low NE46 3HB up to Low NE46 3HD up to Low NE46 3HF up to Low NE46 3HG up to Low NE46 3HN up to Low NE46 3HQ up to Low NE46 3HS up to Low NE46 3HU up to Low NE46 3HY up to Low NE46 3LF up to Low NE46 3LJ up to Low NE46 3PD up to Low NE46 3PH up to Low NE46 3PJ up to Low NE46 3PQ up to Low NE46 3PS up to Low NE46 3PT up to Low NE46 3PU up to Low NE46 3PX up to Low NE46 3QE up to Low NE46 3QF up to Low NE46 3QG up to Low NE46 3QJ up to Low NE46 3QL up to Low NE46 3QN up to Low NE46 3QP up to Low NE46 3QS up to Low NE46 3QT up to Low NE46 3QW up to Low NE46 3QX up to Low NE46 3RY up to Low NE46 4AY up to Low NE46 4BA up to Low NE46 4DQ up to Low NE46 4DS up to Low NE46 4ES up to Low NE46 4HT up to Low NE46 4JA up to Low NE46 4JN up to Low NE46 4JR up to Low NE46 4JT up to Low NE46 4JW up to Low NE46 4NT up to Low NE46 4PQ up to Low NE46 4QH up to Low NE46 4QJ up to Low NE46 4QR up to Low NE46 4QY up to Low NE46 4RU up to Low NE46 4SA up to Low NE46 4TU up to Low NE46 2AA up to Very low NE46 2AH up to Very low NE46 2AJ up to Very low NE46 2AL up to Very low NE46 2AP up to Very low NE46 2AQ up to Very low NE46 2AW up to Very low NE46 2BF up to Very low NE46 2BX up to Very low NE46 2DB up to Very low NE46 2EN up to Very low NE46 2HU up to Very low NE46 3BF up to Very low NE46 3EY up to Very low NE46 3EZ up to Very low NE46 3HA up to Very low NE46 3HJ up to Very low NE46 3HR up to Very low NE46 3HX up to Very low NE46 3NY up to Very low NE46 3QB up to Very low NE46 3QQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near NE46

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

63 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (24 at warning level or above), most recently 13 November 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

NE45 NE47 NE44 NE48 NE43 NE49 NE42 NE41

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.